“You don’t have to be a golden retriever to hear all the dog whistles coming out of the White House these days,” Payne said, accusing Trump of using racist rhetoric to rally his base around immigration.

The phrase “cotton-picking” is used in place of the word “damn,” rooted in the history of using black slaves to pick cotton on Southern plantations. Payne pushed back against Bossie’s offensive remark on air.

“Cotton-picking mind?” Payne said on Sunday. “Brother, let me tell you something: I got some relatives who picked cotton, and I’m not going to sit here and allow you to attack me like that on TV. I’m not out of my cotton-picking mind.”